-- On the eve of March, I’m wondering if Crichton is prepared for their magical visitor. To me, it looked like a leprechaun.

Stacked deck

-- This is to our Boeing friends: It isn’t how you won, or how we lost, but it is how you played the game.

Boeing will blow it

-- They will find out that Boeing won’t be able to deliver, and if they do, it won’t be on time. They should’ve split the contract, so more people could be put back to work.

Where buzzards gather

-- Why did they put the tanker contract for bid to begin with, when they knew the whole time this is what they were going to do? They just built people up for nothing. The whole system is corrupt, just like it has been and always will be.

Most Americans backed Boeing

-- Concerning the tanker contract, I think everybody in the U.S. wanted Boeing to win, besides Mississippi and Alabama. That is understandable. Boeing builds the best planes in the world, they have the most modern facilities and, most of all, they are an American company. I’m an Air Force veteran, and those current tankers have been flown for over 50 years, built by Boeing. So Boeing must know how to do something right.

Can’t believe statement

-- The statement by Rich Michalski, VP of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, giving Obama and politics credit for delivering the tanker contract to Boeing, has to be one of the most stupid and most self-defeating public statements in the past few years. This statement by itself is strong ammunition for EADS to protest the award of the contract.

Calling Ashley Rich

-- Well, well, well, I guess we need to be on price-gouging alert, as far as gas is concerned. Some of these stations are just ridiculously running these prices extremely high. Ms. District Attorney, I think you need to stick your nose in to some of this.

Another dreary summer

-- Not only did Big Oil dump on us last summer, now our gas is going to hit $4 a gallon and ruin tourism for this year. We can’t win for losing.

‘A teaching moment’

-- I heard one of the teachers at the Wisconsin capitol say this is a teaching moment for the children. Since all of these attendees are making a statement and an example for the children to follow, I’m sure they will clean up the mess to teach the children to have respect.

You’ll be happier there

-- . To the person who said since he has been here he had noticed how resentful and jealous Alabamians are, let me ask you, why are you still here? Go back up North, and stay.

Put bail money to work

-- I have a suggestion for our politicians and the judges: why not increase each and every person who gets arrested for drug issues, at least increase their bail to 50 percent. When you increase their bail 50 percent, 25 percent could go to the school system, 25 percent could go to build bigger jails. You’ll have the bad guys helping the good guys.

A/C theft epidemic

-- It is unbelievable how many air conditioners are being stolen around the city. Air-conditioning units are just disappearing at the rate of 10 a day. What is going on with investigators, do they not check anybody? And what is up with the scrap yards that take all this scrap metal?

Cut most holidays

-- I would just like to say, if Robert Bentley wants to cut some state holidays, I dare him to cut Confederate Memorial Day, and President’s Day. Those two holidays don’t need to be given. As far as I’m concerned, there should only be three holidays, Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. I don’t think we should be off for New Year’s Day. We don’t need Memorial Day or Labor Day. If anything, everybody should work on Labor Day.

It’s just all too much

-- Those two trees at Auburn, and Charlie Sheen and the royal wedding have me tossing and turning. I’ll be glad when it is all over with, so I can get some sleep. I’m just about killed from hearing all of it.